(Schematic Capture)
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Product List
revised 3-30-2005
Schematic Capture
McCAD Schematics
McCAD SchematicsDS (OS9 only)Board Layout Tools
McCAD PCB-ST
McCAD PCB-1 (OS9 only)Autorouters
Translators
McCAD Gerber Translator
McCAD GView
McCAD Orcad Import
McCAD DXFSimulators
Design Bundles
Special Libraries
Unless otherwise noted Software will run under appropriate OSX operating system and the OS9..thru 9.2.2 operating systems.
Please note that we have made Full Screen size images available for some of the applications. These are larger files and will take more time to access.
McCAD Schematics is a sophisticated engineering database management
system that allows the electronic designer to easily create and
revise electronic circuit designs (digital or analog) directly
on a MAC OS
system. It can access thousands of standard or custom on-line
libraries in seconds, retrieving the necessary information to
support the current design task at hand. It is principally an
on -line system that constructs the databases as the design is
created. This process differs from many other CAE systems that
require the user to first create the complete schematic and then
use post-processing utilities to describe the circuit. As a result,
McCAD Schematics makes editing easy and provides absolute data
extraction.
The user has at his disposal a large work surface that allows
the creation of designs up to engineering "E" size (34"
x 44"). McCAD Schematics also permits the designer to work
on many independent drawings simultaneously. A sophisticated auto-interconnect
routing engine facilitates rapid schematic interconnects. McCAD
Schematics generates a variety of output formats which also includes
a standard SPICE list output which can be used with our McCAD
3-SPICE mixed mode simulation package. McCAD Schematics fully
integrates with our McCAD PCB-ST layout module.
Remember, whether your designs are analog or digital, if your looking for a quality design application that provides flexibility and productivity with ease of use and high-powered, interactive automation, McCAD Schematics for Mac is the answer.
For a listing of key features and specifications found in the
McCAD Schematics package select the More Facts Button
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The schematic capture portion of the Schematics DS design environment
is a sophisticated engineering database management system that
allows the electronic designer to easily create and revise electronic
circuit designs (digital or analog) directly on a MAC
OS system. It can access thousands of standard or custom
on-line libraries in seconds, retrieving the necessary information
to support the current design task at hand. It is principally
an on -line system that constructs the databases as the design
is created. This process differs from many other CAE systems that
require the user to first create the complete schematic and then
use post-processing utilities to describe the circuit. As a result,
McCAD Schematics DS makes editing easy and provides absolute data
extraction.
The user also has at his disposal a large work surface that allows
the creation of designs up to engineering "E" size (34"
x 44"). McCAD Schematics DS permits the designer to work
on many independent drawings simultaneously. A sophisticated auto-interconnect
routing engine facilitates rapid schematic interconnects. McCAD
Schematics DS generates a variety of output formats which also
includes a standard SPICE list output which can be used with our
McCAD 3-SPICE mixed mode simulation package. McCAD Schematics
DS also fully integrates with our McCAD PCB-ST layout module.
The simulator portion of McCAD Schematics DS allows the entire
design environment to function like a inter-active digital workbench.
A separate window functions as a 64 channel digital recording
oscilloscope. Trigger words can be assigned and the number of
pre-trigger and post-trigger samples can be set. Relative timing
measurements can easily made. Propagation delays can easily be
set or measured. New devices can easily be added via appropriate
editing windows allowing the description of device function by
means of Logic equation, State Function Equations, and/or arrays.
Adding PAL, PLD, GAL, and ASIC descriptions is simple.
The inter-active nature of the system permits the designer to
change his circuit and immediately observe the revised circuit
behavior.
The modeling editor included in the application can be used to
define the digital behavior of "black boxes" or new
library devices created by the user.
For a listing of key features and specifications found in the
McCAD Schematics DS package select the More Facts Button.
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MAC
McCAD
PCB-ST
(Integrated PC Board Artwork Generation)
McCAD PCB-ST is an integrated PCB layout design environment
for the board designer who does serious layout work and requires
the availability of powerful design and edit tools at his fingertips.
McCAD PCB-STs' numerous automated features allows you to quickly
and easily complete your board design.
McCAD PCB-ST is net list driven and supports full forward and
backward annotation of all net and component attributes passed
to and from our McCAD Schematics. Cross checking is a snap. PCB-ST
contains many intelligent features such as auto via insertion,
design rule checking, dynamic place, auto ground plane creation,
and auto thermal dispersion, which simplify and assist the designer
with his work.
A number of routing options are provided. Included within these
options is an internal point to point router which assists the
user who wishes to do line by line routing. This method of assisted
routing has proven to be very effective for many analog designers.
McCAD PCB -ST also easily links into McCAD Tracker and McCAD Trailblazer
which are optional full featured autorouting engines, employing
"push and shove technologies", providing superior routing
performance. Up to 16 layers can be routed at breakneck speeds
as all of these applications are available in native for the Power
Mac user. McCAD Trailblazer provides the user with a flexible
interactive routing mode.
In addition to those features found in quality Macintosh applications,
McCAD PCB-ST contains features such as; an on-line library editor,
user definable design libraries,custom SMT Macro generator, net
and part query and editing,auto labeling and much ,much more.
A Gerber translator for generating Gerber text plot files is also
included with each PCB-ST package .
Remember, whether your designs are analog or digital, if your
looking for a quality design layout application that provides
flexibility and productivity with ease of use and high-powered,
interactive automation, McCAD PCB-ST for Mac is the answer.
For a listing of key features and specifications found in McCAD PCB-ST please select the More Facts button.
.... (OS9 only)This product is listed for informational purposes only. It is no longer actively supported.
McCAD PCB-1 is a software tool for designing, creating, editing
and revising either conventional or surface mount printed circuit
board drawings. It includes an extensive art library of more than
3,500 elements (all of which are modifiable), and a 32 by 32 inch
work surface with a choice of grids and viewing scales. In addition
to trace, pads and silk screen layers, other tooling outputs include
automatic extraction of drill list, drill template and solder
masks. Key features of PCB-1 include: nine design layers, precision
locator with selectable relative/absolute position, selectable
metric or English measurement, group and edit/drag elements, group
layers and moves in registration, viewing of any single or combination
of layers, support for custom pad arrays, custom device design,
surface mount technology, rectilinear pattern generator with auto-fill
and vectored fonts with normal reverse type. Mac compatible printers
and plotters (HPGL, DMP) are supported. A Gerber translator is
included at no charge with this design package.
McCAD PCB-1 is recommended for the "hobbyist" or student,
looking for a simple, low cost, easy to use, non-net list driven,
graphic design tool for PCB layout.
For a listing of key features and specifications found in the
McCAD PCB-1 package select the More Facts Button.
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The McCAD Gerber Translator is a utility that quickly and easily
converts either McCAD PCB-1 or McCAD PCB-ST design databases into
a standard Gerber text photo-plot file. The appropriate Gerber
translation utility is provided at no charge with the purchase
of either PCB layout tool.
For a listing of key features found in the McCAD Gerber Translation
select the More Facts Button.
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McCAD G-View is a system that decodes any standard Gerber text
to a photo-plot file and displays it on a Mac OS screen. This
allows a user to verify the accuracy of the plot file prior to
committing to expensive plot time on a photo plotter. Additionally,
once the file has been decoded, it can be converted to the standard
McCAD PCB format for editing purposes.
This tool is a necessity for designers who produce many boards
and can not afford losing time to errors which should have been
caught before the film was actually generated.
This package also permits the porting of any standard Gerber
text file from any CAE/CAD system to the McCAD PCB system for
editing in a Mac OS environment. Design files from outdated or
non-functional CAE systems can readily be recovered.
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An Integrated Design Bundle
McCAD EDS-1 is an integrated Electronic Design System for the professional printed circuit designer. The EDS system is a bundling of our individual standalone software modules into a single package providing the electronic designer with the necessary tools to manage a complete design project. The EDS-1 package consists of three modules;
1) Schematics,
2) PCB Layout (PCB-ST),
3) Gerber Translation
1) The McCAD Schematics module is
a sophisticated engineering database management system that allows
the electronic designer to easily create and revise electronic
circuit designs (digital or analog) directly on a MAC OS system.
It can access thousands of standard or custom on-line libraries
in seconds, retrieving the necessary information to support the
current design task at hand. It is principally an on -line system
that constructs the databases as the design is created. This process
differs from many other CAE systems that require the user to first
create the complete schematic and then use post-processing utilities
to describe the circuit. As a result, McCAD Schematics makes editing
easy and provides absolute data extraction.
The user has at his disposal a large work surface that allows
the creation of designs up to engineering "E" size (34"
x 44"). McCAD Schematics also permits the designer to work
on many independent drawings simultaneously. A sophisticated auto-interconnect
routing engine facilitates rapid schematic interconnects. McCAD
Schematics generates a variety of output formats which also includes
a standard Spice list output which can be used with our McCAD
3-Spice mixed mode simulation package. The McCAD Schematics module
fully integrates with the McCAD PCB-ST layout module.
2) The PCB-ST module is an integrated
PCB layout design environment for the board designer who does
serious layout work and requires the availability of powerful
design and edit tools at his fingertips. PCB-STs' numerous automated
features allows you to quickly and easily complete your board
design.
PCB-ST is net list driven and supports full forward and backward
annotation of all net and component attributes passed to and from
our McCAD Schematics. Cross checking is a snap. PCB-ST contains
many intelligent features such as auto via insertion, design rule
checking, dynamic place, auto ground plane creation, and auto
thermal dispersion, which simplify and assist the designer with
his work.
A number of routing options are provided. Included within these
options is an internal point to point router which assists the
user who wishes to do line by line routing. This method of assisted
routing has proven to be very effective for many analog designers.
The PCB -ST module also easily links into McCAD Tracker and McCAD
Trailblazer which are optional full featured autorouting engines,
employing "push and shove technologies", providing superior
routing performance. Up to 16 layers can be routed at breakneck
speeds as all of these applications are available in native for
the Power Mac user. McCAD Trailblazer provides the user with a
flexible interactive routing mode.
In addition to those features found in quality Macintosh applications,
the PCB-ST module contains features such as; an on-line library
editor, user definable design libraries,custom SMT Macro generator,
net and part query and editing,auto labeling and much ,much more.
For a detailed listing of the key features found in the PCB-ST
module please select the MORE FACTS button below.
Remember, whether your designs are analog or digital, if your
looking for a quality design layout application that provides
flexibility and productivity with ease of use and high-powered,
interactive automation, PCB-ST is the answer.
3) The Gerber Translator (II) module
converts the PCB-ST designs into a standard format Gerber photo-plotting
text command file. This allows the user to produce the highest
possible accuracy fabrication tools automatically. The generated
format is universally accepted world-wide.
For a listing of key features and specifications of the primary
modules in this bundle select the "MORE FACTS" button.
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An Integrated Design Bundle
McCAD EDS-2 is an integrated Electronic Design System for the professional printed circuit designer. The EDS system is a bundling of our individual standalone software modules into a single package providing the electronic designer with the necessary tools to manage a complete design project. The EDS-2 package consists of three modules;
1) Schematics DS,
2) PCB Layout (PCB-ST),
3) Gerber Translation
1) The schematics portion of the
Schematics DS design module is a sophisticated engineering database
management system that allows the electronic designer to easily
create and revise electronic circuit designs (digital or analog)
directly on a MAC OS system. It can access thousands of standard
or custom on-line libraries in seconds, retrieving the necessary
information to support the current design task at hand. It is
principally an on -line system that constructs the databases as
the design is created. This process differs from many other CAE
systems that require the user to first create the complete schematic
and then use post-processing utilities to describe the circuit.
As a result, McCAD Schematics DS makes editing easy and provides
absolute data extraction.
The user also has at his disposal a large work surface that allows
the creation of designs up to engineering "E" size (34"
x 44"). McCAD Schematics DS permits the designer to work
on many independent drawings simultaneously. A sophisticated auto-interconnect
routing engine facilitates rapid schematic interconnects. McCAD
Schematics DS generates a variety of output formats which also
includes a standard Spice list output which can be used with our
McCAD 3-Spice mixed mode simulation package. The McCAD Schematics
DS module also fully integrates with our McCAD PCB-ST layout module.
The simulator portion of McCAD Schematics DS module allows the
entire design environment to function like a inter-active digital
workbench. A separate window functions as a 64 channel digital
recording oscilloscope. Trigger words can be assigned and the
number of pre-trigger and post-trigger samples can be set. Relative
timing measurements can easily made. Propagation delays can easily
be set or measured. New devices can easily be added via appropriate
editing windows allowing the description of device function by
means of Logic equation, State Function Equations, and/or arrays.
Adding PAL, PLD, GAL, and ASIC descriptions is simple.
The inter-active nature of the system permits the designer to
change his circuit and immediately observe the revised circuit
behavior.
The modeling editor included in the application can be used to
define the digital behavior of "black boxes" or new
library devices created by the user.
2) The PCB-ST module is an integrated
PCB layout design environment for the board designer who does
serious layout work and requires the availability of powerful
design and edit tools at his fingertips. PCB-STs' numerous automated
features allows you to quickly and easily complete your board
design.
PCB-ST is net list driven and supports full forward and backward
annotation of all net and component attributes passed to and from
our McCAD Schematics. Cross checking is a snap. PCB-ST contains
many intelligent features such as auto via insertion, design rule
checking, dynamic place, auto ground plane creation, and auto
thermal dispersion, which simplify and assist the designer with
his work.
A number of routing options are provided. Included within these
options is an internal point to point router which assists the
user who wishes to do line by line routing. This method of assisted
routing has proven to be very effective for many analog designers.
The PCB -ST module also easily links into McCAD Tracker and McCAD
Trailblazer which are optional full featured autorouting engines,
employing "push and shove technologies", providing superior
routing performance. Up to 16 layers can be routed at breakneck
speeds as all of these applications are available in native for
the Power Mac user. McCAD Trailblazer provides the user with a
flexible interactive routing mode.
In addition to those features found in quality Macintosh applications,
the PCB-ST module contains features such as; an on-line library
editor, user definable design libraries,custom SMT Macro generator,
net and part query and editing,auto labeling and much ,much more.
For a detailed listing of the key features found in the PCB-ST
module please select the MORE FACTS button below.
Remember, whether your designs are analog or digital, if your
looking for a quality design layout application that provides
flexibility and productivity with ease of use and high-powered,
interactive automation, PCB-ST is the answer.
3) The Gerber Translator (II) module
converts the PCB-ST designs into a standard format Gerber photo-plotting
text command file. This allows the user to produce the highest
possible accuracy fabrication tools automatically. The generated
format is universally accepted world-wide.
For a listing of key features and specifications of the primary
modules in this bundle select the "MORE FACTS" button.
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McCAD Trail Blazer's incredibly efficient Autorouter will bring
your McCAD PCB Design System to the forefront of today's design
tools. Based on the principals of PUSH, SHOVE and INSERT, McCAD
Trailblazer closely emulates the approach taken by professional
board designers. This approach results in the most efficient use
of board area with a minimum of vias thus producing the highest
quality boards.
McCAD Trail Blazer employs unique routing algorithms that deliver
unprecedented performance, even on boards with today's complexity
and sophisticated technology.
A UNIQUE APPROACH
McCAD Trail Blazer employs a routing strategy traditionally used
by senior designers: route the most difficult areas first then
the board will always be completed! To accomplish this, Trail
Blazer 's incredibly effective Sweep Router concentrates on each
routing area -- individually -- in order to find the optimum path
for each connection. Because the Sweep Router devotes it full
power to analyzing specific areas of the board in meticulous detail,
it can complete the routing for a given area very quickly and
then move onto the next area.
COSTED WAVE FRONT & SHOVE ALGORITHMS
McCAD Trail Blazer's Sweep Router is supported by two major algorithms:
Costed Wave Front and Shove. The Costed Wave Front Algorithm analyzes
routing paths in waves, from both the source and target of a connection.
Once the ideal path is determined, the shove algorithm takes over
and moves aside obstructing routes. McCAD Trail Blazer is specifically
written for extremely fast shove calculations to optimize routing
paths. Other Trail Blazer algorithms include:
FULL Mac OS INTERFACE
The Trail Blazer has been implemented to take full advantage of
Macintosh's intuitive human interface. Through easy to use dialogues
and menus the user has full control of this powerful routing environment.
The user can choose from automatic, semi-automatic, or interactive
modes. No longer are you restricted to the limitations of conventional
routing technologies.
Un-Like Conventional Routers
Conventional routers typically start out very fast. They can route
the first 60 to 80% of a board very quickly. However they bog
down as they approach 90%. Typical autorouters lay in thousands
of connections, but each one is slightly less than optimal. As
a board becomes crowded, each new connection requires more and
more vias and uses more and more valuable board space. On a difficult
board this method results in a nearly complete board with every
routing channel used. There is no room left to finish the board.
Even if the board is 98% complete how is the last 2% to be finished??
Trail Blazer seldom finds itself in this situation since it uses
its Shove algorithms from the start before any of its other available
algorithms are implemented. This results in trace connections
of higher quality with fewer vias thus leaving more available
routing channels at later stages of routing. Furthermore the most
difficult areas are tackled first, not last.
Unique Inter-Active Mode
Both manual design and autorouting have their advantages. The
designer is better at recognizing patterns, planning ahead, and
adapting to new rules. The autorouter is faster on simple operations,
doesn't mind repetitive operation and is accurate at clearance
checking. The Trail Blazer with its shove technique provides the
ideal union within the Windows environment. In the Interactive
Mode the router acts as the designer's assistant. The designer
chooses the path and the autorouter clears it and installs it.
The designer can concentrate on the overall plan while the router
tends to the tedious details.
Using an autorouter based on Shove can save the user money on
complex designs by requiring fewer layers to complete a design.
Frequently boards that require 6 layers on conventional rip-up
and retry routers (which claim 100% completion) can usually be
done in about 4 layers on the Trail Blazer's shove router thus
lowering production costs.
TRAILBLAZER FEATURES INCLUDE:
For additional information and comparison specifications on
McCAD Autorouters please select the "More Facts" button.
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McCAD Tracker is an intermediate level quality autorouter which
full fills the needs of PCB Designers specializing in single and
doubled sided PCB board layouts. This router incorporates multiple
routing technologies including some Push and Shove capabilities
and is intelligent enough to handle complex layouts with typical
completion percentages from 90 to 100 percent depending on user
set parameters. This router is capable of routing a board in two
layers that would require 3 or 4 layers on other Mac OS autorouting
platforms. McCAD Tracker represents an economical autorouting
tool which addresses the needs and budgets of many PCB designers.
McCAD Tracker is also PCB-ST/ EDS compatible.
A McCAD Trail Blazer vs. McCAD Tracker Feature Comparison Chart
is provided to assist the user in selecting the appropriate router
for his needs. Select the More Facts button.
In general, users who expect to route more than two signal layers,
or a very dense and complex board, or a dense surface mount design
should consider selecting the McCAD Trailblazer.
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IMPORT TRANSLATION UTILITY
The McCAD OrCAD Translator allows the user to convert schematic
sheets and libraries created in the OrCAD Schematic Design Tools
(SDT) environment into files that can be read by McCAD Schematics.
Standard OrCAD Schematics documents are converted to McCAD 3.4
ASCII format documents. OrCAD documents must be in SDT386+ format
in order to be converted. The Translator works with the McCAD
Schematics 3.4 version series and up. Existing McCAD Schematics
users with older versions would be required to update in order
to use the translator.
The McCAD DXF translator produces AutoCAD DXF files directly from
either McCAD PCB-ST or McCAD Schematics documents. The DXF format
files which are produced are standard ASCII files which can readily
be transferred to other hardware platforms. The McCAD DXF Translator
preserves full line resolution without any degradation.
The translator works with McCAD Schematics version series 3.3
and up and with McCAD PCB-ST version series 2.01 and up.
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VAMP Inc. provides custom logic macro libraries for use with its
McCAD Schematics design module. The entire Xilinx family of PLD
libraries and Device libraries consisting of the 2000, 3000, 4000,
5200, 7000, and 9000 series are available on disk. Custom logic
designers desiring to utilize Xilinx tools in a MAC OS or PPC
environment can now avail themselves of the premier schematics
design package on the MAC OS.
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McCAD 3-SPICE is based on the latest version (3F5) of Berkeley's
SPICE 3 and permits interactive mixed mode circuit simulation.
It was developed specifically for the Power Mac OS in order to
take advantage of the processing speeds available thus permitting
extremely fast simulations.
McCAD 3-SPICE integrates fully with McCAD Schematics thus providing
the designer with a schematic capture, simulation and graphic
waveform generation design environment. Other schematic capture
packages that provide a standard Spice Net list can also interface
with McCAD 3-Spice.
McCAD 3-SPICE represents the next step in VAMP's ongoing efforts
to provide electronic designers with the latest analog simulation
capabilities at an affordable price.
For a listing of key features and specifications found in the
McCAD 3-SPICE package select the MORE FACTS Button.
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